Blake Houska
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Hometown:
- Hickson, N.D.
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Kindred
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- Major:
- Finance
Bio
Why did you pick Concordia: My brother went here
Post Graduation plans: Investment banker
Volunteer activities: Baseball volunteer work
The HOUSKA File
Favorite food: Wings
Favorite restaurant: Panda Express
Favorite Movie: The conjuring
Favorite musical group: Toby Mac
Go-to Karaoke song: Down
The place in the world I most want to visit: Japan or Germany
If I could have a super power it would be: Super speed
If I were famous it would be for: Youtuber
Favorite professional sports team: MN Vikings
Favorite professional athlete growing up: Kevin Love
My dream job is: Twitch Streamer
If I could play another sport (other than Track and Field) I would play: Baseball
News mentions
Juniors Tyler Goss and Ethan Lebrija were the stars of the Concordia show at the UW-La Crosse Final Qualifier Meet. Goss ran a national-qualifying time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase while Lebrija broke the school record in the 200 meters.
Concordia used the arms of its throw crew and the legs of Tyler Goss to move up two spots in the team standings and finish in a tie for fourth place at the MIAC Outdoor Championship Meet.
Cobber fans needed their GPS app to keep track of Concordia in the annul Drake Relays/Kip Javrin Open/Al Cassell Classic weekend. Despite being in three different places with different groups, and needing a detailed scorecard to keep track of all the times and distances, the Cobbers were able to come away with a school record and several solid performances as they get closer to the MIAC Championship Meet.
Ethan Lebrija, Ryan Richardson and Tyler Evans led Concordia at the SJU Invitational which was moved up from Saturday due to impending typical Minnesota spring weather.
Junior Blake Houska and sophomores Ethan Lebrija and Tyler Evans posted event wins to lead Concordia at the outdoor season opener at St. John’s.
Cooper Folkestad was named the MIAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year it was announced by the conference office. Folkestad earned the award for his record-setting performance in the shot put at the MIAC Indoor Championship Meet last weekend.
The Concordia men’s track & field team closed out the third and final day of the 2026 MIAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a surge of big-meet performances that lifted the Cobbers into fifth place in the team standings. Behind a championship-record throw from senior Cooper Folkestad, a podium-level relay, and multiple All-MIAC field event finishes, Concordia capped a memorable weekend inside Carleton College’s Recreation Center.
Sophomore Eli Hegland led Concordia on the first full day of the MIAC Indoor Championship Meet. Hegland pulled off the upset in the high jump and won the event to give the Cobbers 10 teams points on Friday.
It was another record-setting Saturday for the Cobbers. For the second consecutive meet, Concordia had a field athlete break a long-standing school record. Tyler Evans cleared the bar in the pole vault at 15-02.75 which broke the old mark set in 2017.
Concordia kicked off the 2026 portion of its schedule in style as they posted eight first-place finishes at the 86th annual Cobber Alumni Open. CC got four event wins from individual track athletes, captured crowns in both the 4x200-meter and 4x400-meter relays and came away with a pair of field victories.
Senior Cooper Folkestad started his quest for a natty title by posting the second farthest distance in DIII in the shot put at the season-opening NDSU Alumni Classic.
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